Unit 9 Vocabulary practice

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Tourism

1 Answer the questions with one word each.

What’s the opposite of ‘historic’? modern

1 Which adjective means ‘extremely ugly’?

2 Which adjective means ‘far away’?

3 Which adjective describes a place that’s popular with visitors?

4 What’s the opposite of ‘deserted’?

5 What do we call a place where there are a lot of people and things from all over the world?

6 Which adjective means ‘extremely attractive’?

7 What’s the opposite of ‘lively’?

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in A and the words and expressions in B.

A take buy chill explore get gosunbathe take check

B out a bus tour away from it all the countryside on the beach out photossightseeing souvenirs

We didn’t do anything. We just sat in a café and chilled out all morning.

1 We of all the famous sights in Rome. We had a great view from the top deck.

2 Whatever you do, don’t such as Mexican hats. We’re in Marbella, not Cancún!

3 I’d like to and spend some time in a remote, peaceful village at the top of a mountain.

4 Excuse me, you can’t in here! You can buy pictures in the museum shop.

5 Lily wants to spend all day , but I can’t stand the heat!

6 We prefer to go inland and in the summer.

7 We want to this afternoon and see the Sagrada Família and La Pedrera.

8 We the beach on the first day of our holiday.

Travel

3 Replace the underlined words using the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the list.

carry on come across get back leave behindpick up set off stay away from run out of

You should avoid the city centre at night because there are a lot of pickpockets. stay away from

1 We were walking near the beach when we found this fantastic seafood restaurant.

2 Go onto the motorway and continue until you get to junction twelve.

3 Before we leave for the airport, let’s make sure we’ve got our passports.

4 I’m in the car now and I’ll collect you at the school gate in five minutes.

5 What time do you expect to return this evening?

6 I’m afraid we’ve finished all the milk. Can you go to the shop and buy some more?

7 I left in a hurry and I must have forgotten my keys.

4 Match the nouns trip, travel or journey with the dictionary entries.

Word stem transformations

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the bold words.

We’ve got to make a decision (decide).

1 The end of the story was (surprise).

2 Did you receive an (invite) to the party?

3 If you want to catch the train, you must run (quick).

4 It’s very (polite) not to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.

1 noun a journey to a place and usually back again, either for pleasure or a particular purpose.

3 noun the act of travelling from one place to another, usually on land.

2 noun the action of going from one place to another.

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